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I doubt FIRST will ever do qualiftying matches
Posted by Dan Baker at 04/11/2001 1:12 PM EST


Student on team #365, Miracle Workerz, from Avon Grove High School and Dupont .


In Reply to: FIRST going international
Posted by Chris on 04/11/2001 12:05 PM EST:



TI may look back at this post next year, or in the years following it and regret it, however I don't think FIRST will ever...or at least in the near future require people to qualify for Nationals. To do this would be completly against what FIRST stands for. It would create a completly different atmosphere at the regionals. Instead of a fun, helpful enviorment it would quickly become somewhat cut throat and a thousand times more stressful. Suddenly if you get placed with bad alliance partners you might not be able to attend the national event at all. This would not go over well, I can assure you.

There would also be the problem of plane tickets and hotel rooms. Teams can't be forced to buy tickets so quickly, the whole season not knowing whether or not they'll be able to attend nationals at all. It just wouldn't work.

FIRST is going to have to fix the overcrowding problem eventually, they're growing at an increadible rate and now are starting to see growing pains. However, while i may be very wrong, I don't think they'll do it through regional qualifying.

-Dan Baker
Team 365
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